to theVftignCAMPAIGN FUND ASDEMOCRATS9WAR IN CONGRESSON REPDBLICANSFinancial Affairs of 1904 Campaign to Be Exploited byDemocrats.INSPIRED STATEMENTAN INDEX TO WORRYVublication Made for CortelycraTaken as Evidence ofNervousness.Journal Speoial Service.Washington, Dec. 4.Walter Wellman, in a special to the Chicago Record Herald, says tbo republican campaign fund will be the demorcratie target at the opening of congress. Hosays in part:"Tho a good many democratsinthe opinion of Mr. Hay of Virginiaaltogether too manyhave been 'following the lead of President Roose-velt,' the old spirit of partv zeal isnot yet dead. vVe have not come toany millemum of non-partizanship incongress or in the country. Tt is tmdoubtedly true that the democrats as awholf feel little courage or hope sofar as the immediate future is concerned, but the best proof that theyare going to gird up their loins and dothe best they can is found in the factthat the congressional leaders of thedemocratic faith have alreadv decidedtipon a program which produces not alittle nervousness the republicancamp."The financial affairs of the 1904campaign are to be exploited on thofloor in both houses. Congress will notLave been many weeks in session before the democrats open up their batteries with an attack upon the republican party in general, and PostmasterGeneral Cortelyou in particular.Hughes to Summon Cortelyou."According to newts from New Yorkcity, Mr. Hughes, the insurance inquisitor, proposes to summon Mr. Cortelyoubefore his committee to answer questionsasuads$indwhicthcam-wermanner procure las yearStatements are made in New York tothe effect that eighteen big corporationswere assessed so much each and thatail paid their assessment into the republican coffers."Evidence of the republican nervousness over the campaign-funds matter isfound in the fact that the Washington"Post vesterday appeared with what ismanifestly an inspired statement concerning tie last year's campaign. Asif anticipating the rumored insuranceinquiry and the threatened democratic,attaek on thp floors of congress, Chairman Cortelyou, or some one for him,offers an "explanation in the columns ofthe Post.Carnegie's Contribution."One of the most interesting statements made this inspired and semiauthoritativo defense is that one mansubscribed between $75,000 and $100,-000 to the Eoosevelt campaign fund.The n'i'no cf that man is not given, andit is said his name never appeared onthe books of the committee. But it iseasy to guess that this generous subscriber was none other than AndrewCarnegie. In these dispatches last year,1 announced the fact that Mr. Carnegie had sent word to Mr. Eoosevelt thathe would not see the president defeatedby the rich men who were inimical tohim, provided he (Mr. Carnegie) hadenough money to counteract their influence and offerings.The Hyde Contributions.Another interesting statement madein this inspired publication is one thatconcerns the campaign contributions ofJames Hazen Hyde and his ambition tobecome the American ambassador toParis. Chairman Cortelyou is on recoid officially as having made no promises of any character to contributorsof the republican fund. At the sametime it is undoubtedly true that whenyoung Mr. Hyde gave his money to therppublican managers he expected to getthe French ambassadorship in return.Someone, not Chairman Cortelyou, musthave misled him."Young Hyde probably had heardstories of how foreign missions hadbeen bought thru campaign contributions in the past."One of our present ambassadorsJSurope, and probably two, secured preferment in the same manner. YoungMr. Hyde's misfortune was that heput up the cash and failed to securedelivery of the goods. All these factsthe democrats are expected to dig outand make the most of when they openup their batteries in congress."What the Post Printed.The Washington Post prints, undera New York date, the article that purports to give an account of the fundscollected by Chairman Cortelyou andTreasurer Bliss of the republican national committee for use the campaign of 1904, when President Eoosevelt was elected. The Post says thestory is authoritative. It is claimedthat the figures given are the samethat will be sworn to by TreasurerBliss and Chairman Cortelyou if theygo on the stand in the insurance investigation New York.The total fund of the national committee in 1904 is placed at $1,900,000.The largest single contribution was $75,-000 or $100,000 from an unknownsource.The fund of $1,900,000 is comparedwith $2,800,000 said to have been raisedfor the election of Mr. McKhi'lev in1900 and $3,800,000 for his first campaign in 1896. The fund expended bythe democratic national committee forthe election of Mr. Cleveland in 1892 isplaced at $4,100,000.Balance in Treasury.The republican national committee iscredited with havin'g a balance of $100,-000 at the close of last year's campaign,the remainder of the fund being accounted for as follows:Remittances to state committees,$700,000 for literature, $550,000: maintaining speakers' bureaus, $175,000 forlithographs, advertising, etc., $150,000salaries and expenses at headquarters,$100,000 miscellaneous expenditure,$50,000.While more than 4,000 contributors to,the campaign fund are known, they aresaid to constitute but forty per cent ofthe total number furnishing money, theidentity of the other 60-per cent not be-Continued on 2d Page, 4th Column.TARGETGREAT PROBLEMSBEFORE CONGRESSSession Opened Today Confrontedwith Unusual Number of Difficult Questions.SENATE AN OBSTACLETO PRESIDENT'S PLANSRailroad Rate Bill in for Opposition by Capitalist's Friendsin Upper House.Washington, Dec. 4.The firstsession of the fifty-ninth congressconvened, today at 12 o'clock, vicePresident Fairbanks called the senate to order, while the house wascalled to order "by Clark McDowell.$By W. W. Jermane.Washington, Dec. 4.The session ofcongress which begins today will bethe most important of President Roosevelt's administration, and one of themost important of recent years, exceptThe German Situation.The German situation will reach acrisis during the life of this session ofcongress. The attitude of stand-patrepublicans does not promise that itwill be possible for us to meet Germany half way on any proposition shemay assent to, and yet the equitiesseem to be almost entirely with thatcountry.Our failure to do the fair thing atthis time not only threatens to depriveus of one of our most important exportmarkets, but it may pave the way toGerman aggression in South America. InBrazil and Argentine Germany has beencolonizing^for many years?not by send-,ing. her citisen.su to those countries to"become part arid parcel" of the localpopulation, as has been the case withGermans coming to the United Statesbut by having them retain their ties tothe fatherland. A German movementtoward any part of South Americawould at once arouse more than 200,000Germans of soldier age on that continent, who, at a word, would hoist theCeiman standard.Our amicable understanding withGermany in the past has prevented anyoutbreak thus far added to the important fact that perhaps Germany nasrot felt that the time was ripe fordemonstration but once let a breakcome, thru our own offending, and itis feared the way would at once beopen for aggressive action, resulting,possibly, in a demand that we defendthe Monroe doctrine by force of arms.ing the one which declared war against mer Governor Fif er of Illinois on theSpain in defense of Cuban liberty. It interstate-commerce commission. Atwill be a session in which grave ques- the conclusion of the conference thetions of internal economy will come announcement was made that the presi-up, and questions concerning our atti- dent woul dappoint Franklin Lane oftude toward other countries, and it will. San Francisco to the vacancy createdrequire the wisest statesmanship to I by Mr. Fifer's resignation, which takessteer the ship of state safely thru all. effect Jan. 1 next.the difficulties that may beset it.Congress will be called upon to passupon eight questions of more than usualsignificance, three of which are international, and five purely national. Thethree former have to do with Germanyand our trade in that country theEoosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine, as illustrated in the Santo Domingan situation, and the isthmian canal. The five latter embrace railroadrates, insurance, statehood, the federaldeficit and Eeed Smoot.Two Questions Linked.This South Americans isbound up with trade mattersas will come before congress thismind oquestionandiW1diplomatshGerman5the.yterand others who have given the question careful thought, there is the highest necessity that we so act as to insure a continuation of the era of goodfeeling with Germany, unless we areprepared to take any consequences thatmay follow failure to do so.Commercial disputes will, of course,not be the cause for such action onGermany's part as is here hinted atthe cause will be one of long standing,namely, the importance to Germany orcolonial possessions but these samecommercial disputes may easily theimmediate occasion should Germanybelieve that the time has come for action. It is well known that the president is impressed with the seriousnessof the German outlook, and that hisanxiety to have the trade question settled in a spirit of fairness 4 thatcountry has back of it considerablymore than the considerations whichthat trade question alone involves.Santo Domingo Affairs.The senate, it is hoped, will beprompt to ratify the treaty with SantoJJommgo, thus indorsing the plan whichthe president has put under way inthat country for preserving Europeanrespect for the Monroe doctrine. Failure to ratify this treaty would seemto be the height of folly, and yetthere is so much latent opposition tothe treaty in the senate as to make itout of the question for definite predictions to be made.The senate, controlled largely by thefinancial interests of the country, canbe depended upon to the last to favorthose interests. The American moneymarket is not a unit on the SantoDomingan case, and it is quite possiblethat affairs may take such a turn duringthe winter as to carry ratification overat least another session of congress.This delav is exasperating to theEuropean creditors of that small country, and would try the patience of theRoosevelt administration almost to thebreaking point.There is so much more involved inthis case than Santo Domingo, or anypurely financial question, as to makeserious delay on the part of the senatealmost a crime against the whole ofthe new world. And yet these immenseinterests seem to weigh very little inthe senate scale when there is opposedto "them the selfish interests of a fewAmerican money lenders or traders.Thus the Monroe doctrine, which hasto do directly with the Santo Domingocase, may also come into the questionof our trade relations with Germany.These two questions are, therefore, ofthe highest interest and importance, notonly to our people, but to the countriesto the south of us also.The Canal Question.The isthmian canal question maycome before congress in a way thatwill reopen the entire matter, and againindefinitely delay the work of canalconstruction. The enemies of the Pan-Continued on 9th Page, 2d Column. %%%rAr%%a^x%r:ox:t,K4^BALFOUR TENDERSHIS RESIGNATIONCampbell Bannerman, PremierPresumptive, Is Summoned toMeet the King.Londcn, Dec. 4.-Premier Balfourvisited King Edward at Buckinghampalace this afternoon, and, it is understood, tendered the resignation of thecabinet.Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, wassoon after summoned to an interviewwith the king.It is expected that an official announcement of the resignation of theministry and the king's acceptance ofthe resignation will oe published tonight.Sir Henry arrived today from Scotland, and the liberal statesmen werehurriedly summoned from all parts ofthe kingdom to confer with him presumably on the composition of the newcabinet, John Morley. James Bryce,Herbert Henry Asquith, Sir EdwardGrey and Herbert John Gladstone, allof whom are believed to be slated forsecretaryships, were closeted with SirHenry early in the day.LANE WILL SOGGEEDFIFER ON COMMISSIONWashington, Dec. 4.Senators Perkins and Flint of California called onthe presidetn today to discuss with himthe appointment of a successor to for-$16,500,000 IS ASKED.FOR WORK ON CANALWashington, Deo. 4.RepresentativeHepburn today introduced a bill toamend the Panama canal law, so as tofacilitate the sale of bonds ana appropriating $16,500,000 to be immediatelyavailable for canal construction. Thebill provides that the $16,500,000 appropriated shall continue available untilexpended, but it is provided that allexpenses from the appropriation shallbe reimbursed to the United Statestreasury out of the proceeds of the saleof bonds.The bill provides that a detailedstatement of the expenditures from thisand subsequent appropriations for theconstruction of the isthmian canal shallbe made annually to congress at the beginning of each regular session.COTTON CROP REPORTMAKES PRICES JUMPWashington, Dec. 4,The cotton cropbulletin issued today by the departmentof agriculture estimates the total yieldat 10,167,818 bales of 500 pounds grossweight, not including linters. The areapicked and to be picked is estimated at26,117,153 acres, a reduction of 882,-399 acres or 3.3 per cent reduction fromthe acreage estimated as planted.It was officially announced that thedelay in the issuance of the report wascaused by a wide divergence in reportsof ^yield per acre, which caused prolonged discussion.New York, Dec. 4.The first sale following the announcement of the government figures was made at 25 points orJc a pound higher than the price justbefore the announcement.New Orleans, Dec. 4.Cotton jumpedup 31 to 40 points on the reading of thegovernment report. Mareh was 12.31cents at 1 p.m.mmm*mDefective PageSETBACK IN COURTREBATE CASE,_Federal Judge Decides His CourtWithout Jurisdiction OverGovernment's Action^',Kansas City, Dec. 4.Judge John F.Phillips in the United States districtcourt for the western district qf Missouri today delivered tin opinion holding that his oourt was without jurisdiction in the cases brought here bythe federal ^ov^rnment charging theMissouri Pacifie-jl the Santa Fe andother railways twtth giving rebates onshipments of saltan Kansas and on coalin Colorado, anebnther products in violation of the EJkins act. The motionof the railways to quash the jproceedings was granted.On March 25j 1002, at the instigation of the attorney general's officeat Washington, Judge Philips granteda temporary order restraining the Missouri Pacific,/the Santa Fe, the Alton,the Burlington and the Rock Islandcompanies from giving alleged rebateson various products. Last summer M.D. Purdy, assistant attorney general,brought additional proceedings, citingthe officials of the railways named forcontempt OH the allegation that theyhad violated the court's order in continuing to .give ^rebates.The contempt proceedings were argued in Judge Philips-' court on Nov.18, when the attorneys "for the railwaysmoved that the proceedings be quashed,claiming that the court was withoutjurisdiction.Judge Philips today, in delivering hisopinion, which sustained the motion ofthe railroads, went into detail in covering the points involved.LA FOLLETTE STILLWORKSON MESSAGEAdministration Leaders Plan toTake Recess Immediately AfterCalling Session to Order.Special to The Journal.Madison, Wis., Nov. 4.Governor LaFollette was still at werk on his message this morning. It is understood theplan of the administration leaders wasto organize at 3 o'clock and then takea recess till this evening, when themessage will be read.It was said by an administrationleader today that the plan in insurance matters is to appoint a legislativeinvestigation committee rather than attempt any legislation at this session.This committee will report to the nextlegislature, but, of course, if any violation of laws should be discovered,the attorney general could act in themeantime.LIEBTE5|5W-CEBt tlllS N1TM1werhGebtt, P. I.. Dec. 1.Via Manila.Lieutenant Charles Pendleton of theconstabulary ordered four native soldiers into the vehicle in which he was7driving. A native policeman stoppedhim and ordered him to light the lampson the vehicle, when Pendleton shothim dead. He then continued on hisway, but returned later and obtainedthe body, which he delivered to thepolice, asserting that he had found theman dead on the road. The soldiersaccompanying him confirmed his storyuntil today, when they broke down.Pendleton had been drinking. Pendleton's family lives at Atlanta, Ga. Hewas formerly a sergeant in the Seventy-first regiment of New York. He hasbeen held for murder.DR. VOir LETTTHOXD DEAD.Berlin, Dec. 4.-Professor Dr. Von Leuthold,surgeon general of the army and the emperor'sbody physician, is dead.SHOT WHITE SPOT-AHB KILLED A MANA Minneapolis Hunter Chief Actorin an Itasca County1 Tragedy.W. E. Gilson, a well-known youngsportsman of Minneapolis, may have toface a serious charge in the courts ofItasca county for Bhooting Ole Evebo,whom he mistook for a rabbit in thebrush.Evebo died Saturday at St. Mary'shospital, West Superior. The residentsand authorities of Itasca county arestirred up over the matter. The statelaw now provides that a man shall becharged with manslaughter if he killsa human being thru carelessness inhunting.Gilson, who is employed in the "baggagerooms at the Minneapolis unionpassenger station, was hunting abouttwo weeks ago with a party of friendsnear Spring Lake, Itasca county. Onthe last morning of their hunt theywent out to bring in their deer and prepare for their return home. On theroad they shot rabbits for the sport ofit, and as the underbrush was thick,they had to shoot quickly. Suddenlythe hunters thought they spied a rabbit in the brush and Gilson raised hisrifle and. shot with the usual alertness.He was horrified to hear a scream ofpain from the bush and, rushing intothe thicket, he found Evebo unconscious and the blood flowing from awound in his groin. He had been working for Dempsey & Dougherty, contractors, and his white skin had beenmistaken for the rabbit seen a few minutes before. The hunting party carriedthe man to the camp and a physicianwas summoned, who ordered him sentto the Superior hospital. His thigh wasshattered and he was badly injured internally. He lingered in an unconscious state until Saturday.Altho the shooting was purely accidental and witnessed by Gilson'sfriends, George H. Spear, the countyattorney of Itasca county, will probably prosecute according to the law.Mr. Gilson is almost prostrated by thoaffair, and he even remained some timewith Evebo at the hospital. Before hedied, Evebo said he did not blame Gilson, as he might have done the samething himself.TWO BABES SMOTHERUNDER BED-CLOTHESTwo small babes, too carefullywrapped up in their cradles, because ofthe cold, were smothered to death earlyyesterday morning.Mildred "Widing, the 1-year-old daughter of J. Widing 4453 Lyndale avenue Swas found dead in her bed and theheavy bedclothes over her face showedthat she had been suffocated.The other case was that of the3-week's-old child of J. W. Smiley. 1620Fifth street SE. The mother left thechild in the cradle to go to breakfastaa/l returned to find it dead under theheavjjr quilts.^Ceroner Eastler was summoned inot cases and decided that inquestsunnecessary.RIDICULES REPORTOF ACTIONS BY POPEJournal Speoial Service.Omaha. Dec. 4Father ColaWeri, chancellor or Omaha diocese, speaking forBishop Scannel, said last night that thereport sent out that the pope had confirmed the excommunication of MissHamilton and other Cathalics who attended the Pritchett-Kennedy weddhugwas a canard. "The report is utterlyridic lous," he said.London, Dec. 4.An official memorandum issued by the admiralty states that as the resultof the recent reforms the next estimates for thenary will show a reduction of $7,600,000 beyondthe redaction of $17,500,000 made last spring.The admiralty considers that the present strategic requirements will necessitate the buildingof four large armored ships annually.&<CRAWFORD GOES^ifr.TO THE GALLOWSMurderer Leaves St. Cloud forElk River with His Execu-tioner.LAST EFFORT^ TO SAVEHIM ABE UNAVAILINGCondemned Man Refuses to SeeWoman Believed to $e HisMother.Special to The Journal.St. Cloud, Minn., Dec. 4.The lasteffort to save C. D. Crawford, condemned to be hanged tomorrow morningfor the murder of Heine Lundeen, wasmade today. It failed and Crawfordleaves today with Sheriff Ward for ElkRiver. The train is due there shortlyafter midnight, and the death sentencewill be carried out at once.A writ of habeas corpus was securedfrom Judge L. L. Baxter of the districtcourt by James Cormican, AttorneyCary's law partner, on the groundthat there were irregularities inthe trial that the fact was notproved a murder was committedSherburne county that the pardoning board acted as an unconstitutional body in granting the reprievelast August, and that a judge, as-chiefjustice and member of the pardoningboard, was acting in a dual capacity.The writ was made returnable immediately and at the hearing the petitionwas denied.Last Hope Shattered.Notice of appeal was made to thesupreme court and Attorney Cormicanasked Judge Baxter for a stay of sentence pending action on the appeal. Mr.Gary appealed to Attorney GeneralYoung to advise granting the stay. Herefused, and the stay was denied. Thisshattered the last hope of saving thecondemned man, as no one thinks itpossible that the supreme Court willgrant a stay.Thruout this exciting period, whenevery effort was being made in his behalf, Crawford maintained wonderfulcomposure, hoping to the last, and wheninformed that nothing more could bedone, he displayed no evidence of breaking down.The first time Crawford gave way toany feeling was when he received a letter from Rev. Mr. Wilkinson of Minneapolis, stating that a woman had calledon him, who he believes to* "be themother of the condemned man. Crawford begged that the woman be keptaway, fie said he did not want to seeiJhat he jffa^rflftdrtaiiforftftA 4not want to see any of his relatives. Itis believed here that tEe l*cjtttttt isCrawford's mother.Search for Governor.Crawford's attorneys tried to findGovernor Johnson at St. Paul today, butcould not reach him. Under the law,the entire pardon board must concur ingranting a reprieve, but the attorneysclaim that the pardon board is not alegally constituted body, and that thegovernor alone has the power to reprieve or pardon. As the governor hasno authority to pass on such a constitutional question, it is not,, possible thathe will take any action. The pardonboard is distinctly provided for in theconstitution itself, and Attorney General Young said this morning:"It will not accomplish much to tryto argue that the constitution is unconstitutional.Under the very shadow of the gallows Crawford changed his mind regarding religious matters and on Saturday night was baptized and reoeivedin the Catholic church by Father Goebel, pastor of the St. Cloud cathedral.Crawford explained his reasons for hischange of heart to a Journal representative who visited him in theStearns county jail at St. Cloud yesterday."Ithave always had more respectfor the Catholic church than for anyother," he said. "'When I was a boyI attended both Methodist and BaptistSunday schools, but they always evadedquestions, with long talks about something else. I was too bashful to pressthem for an answer, but just the sameI never forgot the question I asked,and was not fooled by their long talk.I asked a Minneapolis priest to come tome, and he sent Father Goebel, whoanswered my questions right off in plainlanguage. I am very glad that I navejoined the church*."Crawford spoke calmly about his impending doom. The only manifestationof the anxiety he must have felt washis eagerness to talk and his evident?'holeasure in having someone to talk to.he was in a talkative mood hecarefully evaded the points uponwhich he has maintained silence thruout.Speaking of Attorney E. S. Cary'cmotion for a writ of habeas corpus, hesaid: "Gary has treated me like apriicev I don't believe the motion willsave me, but if it will do Cary any good,he is welcome to make it. He can doanything with my case which will helphim in any way. I won't interfere, itis the only way I can repay him. Personally, I should prefer to have it overwith as soon as possible.Sheriff J. P. Bernick and his assistants have treated me fine. I think theclimate here agrees with me, for I amgetting fat."L. M. Balch, the turnkey at the jail,says that Crawford is one of the bestand most accommodating prisoners whohave been in his charge. Crawford'scoolness and good nature have won alarge measure of the respect and liking of all who have been thrown in contact with him.y- t/,'l~px "*rSheriff Changes Flans. I,Sheriff Ward arrived from Erk Riverlate today. He was accompanied bySheriff Palmer of Anoka and With Sheriffs Bernick, Stearns and Tanner ofLittle Falls will leave with Crawfordon the 4 o'clock train on the NorthernPacific.Plans for the trip have been changed,and instead of taking the prisoner pastElk River, to avoid a possible crowdthere, the sheriffs, with their man, willget off at the watertank, a mile outsideof the village. A conveyance will bewaiting ana the party will be driveninto town and direct to the station,which connects directly with the enclosure containing the scaffold. Crawford will be kept there under a guardof officers till between 12 and 1 *clocktonight, when the execution will takeplace.Father Goebel went from here on thesame train.A IMEE TONIGHT AND TUESDAT.WORLD^INTHE DARKRead the "Wants*'Ton Will Always Find Soma*/1^i4h%AGESFIVthing of Interest in the Jour-nal's Classified Page.O'CLOCK.AS TORUSS REVOLTCZAR'S:rCAPITALOFFTCP STILtNo Tidings from St. PetersburgSince Saturday Dispatchesby Courier.TELEGRAPHERS HOLDCURTAIN ON RUSSIADemand from League of League*probably Delivered to Premier Witte.'?&*& *&.**.*London, Dec. 4.3:52 p.m.No dispatches from St. Petersburg or eisAwhere in Russia, with the exception 64a brief message from Warsaw, nave arrived in London, since those dated Saturday, which came in via EydtkuhnenEast Prussia, during the night. Thlatest messages received by the Russiarembassy, also dated Saturday, came bjthe same route. They contained ninformation in regard to the situation,The foreign office has heard nothingfrom the British embassy at St. Peters*burg, since communications were severed.A dispatch from Haparanda, Sweden, via Stockholm* .says there are noindications of the probable duration ofthe telegraphers' strike. No disturbances have occurred in Finland.A news agency telegram from Liverpool says a cable message has been received there from Odessa, stating thatall was quiet and hoping that the telegraphers'' strike will end Dec. 4. Thedate'the dispatch was sent from Odessa is not given.The St. Petersburg correspondent of^the Times in a dispatch dated Dec 2,'says that reaction is rapidly gainingthe upper hand at Tsarskoe-Selo.Troops are being drafted to St,Petersburg as bloodshed appears to beimminent, with Count Witte powerlessto stem the tide. The people arehoping for a miracle to avert thecataclysm.Plans for New Demands.Warsaw, Dec. 4.A decisive meetingof the League of Leagues is expectedto be held today in St. Petersburg,where a project for a constituent assembly will be adopted and a demandfor its acceptance will be presented toPremier Witte. The league will waitfor an answer until Wednesday, andin case the government refuses to grantthe demand the League of Leagues isresolved, it is understood, to act iadependentiy in accordance with what itdeclares to be the wishes of the people. As*StocfcaJftgHpi Over. J*iBerlin1,Dec. 4.Prices_on the boursetoday were very weak. Russians fellsharply, but partly recovered. Americans we're steady. Russian bonds hadone of the worst days of the year on theBerlin bourse. Enormous quantities ofgovernment and railway securities werethrown upon the market apparently atwhatever they would briteg. A slightimprovement in the middle of the session proved but temporary, and thedownward course was soon resumed withgreater intensity than ever.The heaviest fall was state rentes of184, which lost 5 per cent. The Russian loan of 105 subscribed for in Germany fell 3 points. The drops in tail*way securities were somewhar lessthan in the case of government securities. Speculative selling of St. Petersburg exchange assumed new dimensions. December bills sold down to213.25 and January down to 210%.Paris 216. Fear is expressed least theSt. Petersburg treasury find it necessary to avail itself of the reserves ofthe Imperiau bank to such an extent asto impair the gold standard.Various rumors were circulated onthe bourse in regard to ostensible negotiations of the Mendelssohn bank withGerman and other financiers to raisemoney to meet Russia's interest payments on her foreign debts, all of whichare most probably false.The Berlin market has grown exceedingly nervous about the Russian situation and holdersoaboutdeeply concerned1mkRussian bonds arethe future developments. The Russian section of thebourse monopolized the traders' attention today. Transactions in Russianswere effected with the wild roar customary in Wall street on exciting days.Outbreak of Troops Feared. \-^4St. Petersburg, Dec. 2, via Eydtkuhnen, Dec. 3.The most elaborateprecautions have been taken againsta feared outbreak by the troops as aresult of the Sevastopol mutiny.The naval battalions have been completely won over by the revolutionariesand are almost beyond control. Theyhave been deprived of their arms.The striking telegraphists declarethey have ample funds and that theywill not yield, even at the risk of dismissal.Telegraph officials on the railroadsrefuse to forward government or private dispatches, but are willing forthe present to send and receive telegrams relating to the railroad service.The banks here are having all ordinary letters addressed to them forwarded from the postoffice at Edytkuhnen by their own messengers during the interruption of communications. 5Military Outbreaks^Reports have reached several of theembassies of military outbreaks in theBaltic provinces, particularly at Reval,where the reservists are said to be in,,open mutiny. Confirmation of these reports cannot be obtained.Citizens from Nikolaieff, Ekaterinoslav and Odessa arrived today bringingoverwhelming evidence of the connivance and even the participation ofthe military and the police in antiJewish excesses. The members of theunions are greatly incensed at this andspeeches have been made at their meetings calling on the proletariat to ereetbarricades.It is expected that a railway strikswill be declared either tomorrow orMonday. Monday is a holiday, whichfact will enable the workmen to meetand decide on a common plan of action.'"**t^ More Hopeful View.St. Petersburg, Saturday Evening,Dec. 2.By courier $ Edytkuhnen,East Prussia, Dec. 3.There is perceptible a more confident feeling ingovernment circles ^tonight. It is beeved that the danger of an immediategeneral political strike and railroad,tieup is past and that the workmen'scouncil will stand by a compromise un-'der which governmental and privateContinued on 2d Page, 2d Colnma. |_*HMigHttisaflia fc a6